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Chris recaps some interview highlights from the Gravity Stairs promotional circuit before sending you back in time to a feel good radio appearance from Crowded House on WNEW FM in New York, promoting Temple Of Lowmen. Performances include Sister Madly, Into Temptation, World Where You Live, When You Come, Better Be Home.You can significantly support the continuation of the 240 podcast for a donation of just a couple dollars per month. This goes directly towards covering the podcast hosting fees. Big thank yous if you are in a position to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn

Dennis Elsas was part of the great rock radio station in New York City, WNEW-FM and he discusses his career, including his historic interview with John Lennon.Support the show: https://takinawalk.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WNEW-FM (102.7 FM, NEW 102.7) is a hot adult contemporary formatted radio station, licensed to New York, New York and owned by Audacy, Inc. The station's studios are located at the Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Manhattan. Its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building. WNEW-FM is best remembered for one of its previous incarnations, a progressive rock radio format that began in 1967 and lasted into the 1990s. That station became very influential in the development of rock music during the 1970s and 1980s. Between 1958 and 1986, the station shared the WNEW call sign with former sister AM station WNEW (1130 kHz) and television station WNEW-TV (channel 5), with all being owned by Metromedia. After WNEW-TV was sold to the News Corporation in 1986 and the AM station was sold to Bloomberg L.P. in 1992, 102.7 FM retained the WNEW-FM call sign until it was changed in 2007; the call letters returned to 102.7 on March 15, 2016. WNEW-FM broadcasts in the HD Radio format. PICTURE: By WNEW-FM - WNEW-FM, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=96172644

WNEW-FM (102.7 FM, NEW 102.7) is a hot adult contemporary formatted radio station, licensed to New York, New York and owned by Audacy, Inc. The station's studios are located at the Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Manhattan. Its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building. WNEW-FM is best remembered for one of its previous incarnations, a progressive rock radio format that began in 1967 and lasted into the 1990s. That station became very influential in the development of rock music during the 1970s and 1980s. Between 1958 and 1986, the station shared the WNEW call sign with former sister AM station WNEW (1130 kHz) and television station WNEW-TV (channel 5), with all being owned by Metromedia. After WNEW-TV was sold to the News Corporation in 1986 and the AM station was sold to Bloomberg L.P. in 1992, 102.7 FM retained the WNEW-FM call sign until it was changed in 2007; the call letters returned to 102.7 on March 15, 2016. WNEW-FM broadcasts in the HD Radio format. PICTURE : By Metromedia and WNEW-FM - http://www.nyradioarchive.com/images/radioscans/WNEWFM_Ad.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28720479 LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzyAwZGTgAdonBKhTxUiC2Q

"You inspire us to work hard to improve the service we do for the music community." In this episode of MFM Speaks Out, Dawoud Kringle offers a retrospective of the progress of the MFM Speaks Out podcast in 2022. The guests mentioned, and / or whose music was included, include Ken Butler, Ariel Hyatt, Neel Murgai, Banning Eyre, Baba Don Eaton Babatunde, William Parker, Bruce Lee Gallanter, Jeff Slatnick, Hubert Howe, and April Centrone.The progress and accomplishments of MFM as a whole during the year 2022 were also briefly discussed. Topics discussed:Our guest for episode 35 in January was musician, experimental musical instrument builder, and visual artist Ken Butler. He builds hybrid musical instruments and other artworks that explore the interaction and transformation of common and uncommon objects, altered images, sounds and silence.He is internationally recognized as an innovator of experimental musical instruments created from diverse materials including tools, sports equipment, and household objects.February's episode 36 featured Ariel Hyatt. Ariel is a digital marketer, writer, and teacher who assists independent musicians in career development. She is the author of Music Success in 9 Weeks, Cyber PR For Musicians, Crowdstart, and other books. Hyatt worked at New York City's WNEW-FM, and the What Are Records? record label. She moved to Boulder CO, where she managed and handled publicity for the funk band, Lord of Word. She is also the founder and owner of the New York-based public relations firm Cyber PR. Her clients included the Toasters and George Clinton.Neel Murgai was our 37th guest in March. Neel is a sitarist, overtone singer, percussionist, composer, teacher, and Co-Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Raga Massive, a raga inspired musician's collective.Banning Eyre is a writer, guitarist and producer, and the senior editor and producer of the public radio program Afropop Worldwide.  He has traveled and done music research in over 20 African countries, as well as in the Caribbean, South America and Europe. His latest initiative is the launch of Lion Songs Records, an independent label dedicated to uplifting overlooked, mostly acoustic music from the African universe. He is the author of several books, and the co-author of AFROPOP! An Illustrated Guide to Contemporary African Music. Eyre is a contributor to National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and his writing has been published in Billboard, Guitar Player, Salon, the Boston Phoenix, College Music Journal, Option, The Beat, Folk Roots, Global Rhythm, and other publications. He also has a background in technology, and worked for 10 years as a software technical writer. Eyre is also on the Advisory Committee of Musicians for Musicians.  Baba Don Eaton Babatunde. He is a percussionist and master of African Drumming and the rhythms of the African Diaspora in the Americas. Baba Don has performed and recorded with Abidun Oyewole and The Last Poets, Pattie Labelle, Joe Henderson, Donald Brown, Jason Linder, Tyrone Jefferson, Tevin Thomas, James Spaulding, Ron Carter, George Clinton, Pharaoh Sanders, the Metropolitan Orchestra, Bill Laswell, and Philycia Rashadto name a few. His work with dance companies and choreographers includes The Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, Maurice Hines, Gregory Hines, Andy Williams, Chuck Davis Dance theatre, Frank Hatchet, Geoffrey Holder, Louis Johnson, and Pyramid Dance Company.Episode 40 featured free jazz bass master William Parker. He has also performed and recorded with Cecil Taylor, Peter Brotzmann, Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Hamid Drake, Anthony Braxton, Milford Graves, Oliver Lake, Daniel Carter, Billy Bang, Andrew Cyrille, Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, Warren Smith, Joe McPhee, Roscoe Mitchell, Jemeel Moondoc, Joe Morris, Steve Swell, David S. Ware, Leena Conquest, and many others. He was the leader of the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra and In Order to Survive, a member of the Other Dimensions in Music cooperative, and co-founder of the musician's non-profit organization Arts For Art. Our guest for episode 41 was Bruce Lee Gallanter, the owner and proprietor of Downtown Music Gallery (DMG), a Manhattan based music store that specializes in new, used, hard to find, and out of print CDs, Vinyl, DVDs, and books. DMG was started in 1991 by David Yamner & Steve Popkin, with Gallanter working for the store. They remained in their first location on east 4th street in Manhattan for 12 years until 2003, and started having weekly free concerts, an idea that Gallanter had started with Manny Maris when they worked at Lunch For Your Ears. Gallanter became the owner in 1997. Around the time. he and Emperor Mike started the DMG newsletter, In 2003, they moved into a new store on the Bowery, not far from St. Marks Place, Tower Records, and Other Music.Jeff Slatnick was our 42nd guest. Jeff has been an employee and later the owner of Music Inn for over 54 years. Music Inn is one of the oldest music stores in New York City (second in longevity only to Sam Ash). It is a landmark music store in the West Village of NYC specializing in imported world and western instruments, rare and exotic music items, and records. Music Inn has been described as “a museum, rich with music history from around the world.” Music Inn is also the headquarters of Limulus, a company that designs and manufactures unique solid body string instruments. Hubert Howe graced the annals of our podcast as our 43rd guest. Hubert was one of the first researchers in computer music, and became Professor of Music and Director of the Electronic Music studios at Queens College in New York, where he was also Director of the Aaron Copland School of Music from 1989 to 1998, 2001 to 2002, and Autumn 2007. He taught at the Juilliard School from 1974 through 1994. In 1988-89 he held the Endowed Chair in Music at the University of Alabama. He has been a member of the Society of Composers, Inc. , President of the US section of the League of Composers / International Society of Contemporary Music, a member of the International Computer Music Association, and directed the International Computer Music Conference at Queens College, a member of Society for Electro-Acoustic Music, a member of BMI, and the American Composers Alliance since 1974 and served as their President from 2002 to 2011. He is a member of the New York Composer's Circle and has served as Executive Director since 2013. In 2009, he founded the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, and he continues as Director.Our final guest for for 2022 was April Centrone. April Centrone is a multi-instrumentalist (specialising in the riqq, darbuka, frame drum, trap drum, and oud), co-founder of the New York Arabic Orchestra, teacher, composer, film producer and director, and music therapist. She is a Carnegie Hall World Explorer musician and educator, business owner and founder of 10PRL, arts/film/event space on the Jersey Shore. Shehas performed in venues such as the United Nations, NYC Opera House, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and has toured throughout Europe, the Americas, Middle East and Far East.Music on this episode:"Aurora" by Adam Reifsteck / Sonic Fear"Building a Desert Blizzard" by Ken Butler"Bagheshri Unbound" by Neel Murgai"Today is a New Day" by Voyagers"25 Years" by Abiodun Oyewole, featurning Baba Don Eaton"Give Me Back My Drum" by William Parker"Warm Arms to Hold You" by Dawoud the Renegade Sufi (a.k.a. Dawoud Kringle)"Inharmonic Fantasy No. 7" by Hubert Howe"New Moon" by April Centrone"Welcome New Iran" by SoSaLa (a.k.a. Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi)(All music used by permission)

This episode of Takin A Walk-Music History on foot is with a classic New York City disc jockey named Ken Dashow.He is the afternoon host at the IHeart Media Classic Rock Station WAXQ-Q-104.3 where he plays great music and engages with the tri-state area audience.He also hosts the Sunday morning "Breakfast with the Beatles" show" and has spent the last 30 years on NY radio including a long stint at the legendary rock station WNEW-FM.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of Takin A Walk-Music History on foot is with a classic New York City disc jockey named Ken Dashow. He is the afternoon host at the IHeart Media Classic Rock Station WAXQ-Q-104.3 where he plays great music and engages with the tri-state area audience. He also hosts the Sunday morning "Breakfast with the Beatles" show" and has spent the last 30 years on NY radio including a long stint at the legendary rock station WNEW-FM.  

Source: https://wabcradio.com/sid-rosenberg/ Sid Rosenberg joined 77 WABC in 2016 where he teamed up with Bernie McGuirk to launch the “Bernie & Sid” show 10AM-Noon. He started his radio career on “The Drive,” heard strictly on the Internet at SportsLineUSA.com. The show eventually moved on to terrestrial radio and was syndicated nationally in more than 40 markets by SportsFan and Westwood One. Sid also co-hosted the NFL Today pre-game show heard nationally on Westwood One for three seasons. After two years on national radio, Sid took his act to New York City, where he co-hosted “The Sports Guys,” heard mornings on legendary radio station WNEW-FM 102.7. In 2001, Sid realized his dream by landing a job at the nation's premier sports-talk radio station, WFAN in New York City where he hosted midday's with Jody McDonald and later, with Joe Benigno. Sid also did sports on the “Imus in the Morning” program through 2005. While at WFAN, he hosted the New York Football Giants pre-game show for three seasons. In November 2005, Sid relocated to South Florida and was heard on 790 The Ticket. He hosted middays before moving into the morning-drive slot. In March 2009 he moved over to another Miami, Florida station (WQAM-560 AM), as the midday host before eventually taking over the afternoon drive shift. While at WQAM, Sid was also heard on the Miami Dolphins post-game show for the Dolphins Radio Network. Shortly after the debut of the “Bernie & Sid” show on WABC, Sid would rejoin the “Imus in the Morning” cast to once again provide sports reports and remained a part of the Imus in the Morning cast until the show's end in March of 2018. On April 2, 2018, Sid and his midday partner, Bernie joined forces again to host the morning drive with the launch of “Bernie & Sid in the Morning” on 77 WABC. In September of that same year, WABC launched “Sid Sports Sunday,” a weekly sports talk program (Sundays: 9 AM-11 AM) where Sid gives his listeners his unique take on the local New York teams along with what's happening on the national sports scene. Each and every week, Sid not only interviews some of the biggest names in sports and sports media but he also opens up the phones to find out what's on the minds of some very passionate sports listeners. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/melissabillieclark/support

Greg O'Brien, the O-B, is a nationally recognized voice over veteran for the Television and Radio industries. Greg's booming pipes were first heard on the air in New York's Hudson Valley in the late 1980s, before making the move to the recording studio in the early 2000s. He is currently founder and head of his own voice over company, Greg O'Brien Voiceovers, www.gregobrienvo.comOriginally from Ramsey, New Jersey, Greg's Radio career began as an intern at 102.7 WNEW/New York during his late 20s while working in the banking industry. Those years were essential to Greg in developing an appreciation for Radio, while receiving hands on knowledge and experience from the heritage WNEW air staff, including Dave Herman, Scott Muni. Carol Miller and Ray White among others. Just up the New York State Thruway, there was an on-air position opening at WPDH/Poughkeepsie. Greg got the job, and as the Dyson family owned Crystal Radio Group grew, adding more Radio Stations to its portfolio, Greg segued into Programming.As Radio Ownership changes began to happen with these Radio Stations, Greg decided to pursue his passion for the voiceover industry. After spending 14 years with Bill Young Productions as a national voice talent, Greg stepped out on his own to begin his own voiceover company. In part one of this four part AIRCHECK session, Greg tells us about his very nontraditional career path. It's a journey that brought Greg from the banking industry to an internship at New York's 102.7 WNEW-FM, on-air talent, Program Director, and into the Voiceover industry.You can download or stream every episode of AIRCHECK from Apple Podcasts,  Spotify, and Google Podcasts.  You  can also ask your Smart Speaker to “Play Aircheck Podcast”.If you're a radio vet with a story to tell we want to hear from you.Email us at Aircheckme@gmail.comFollow us on Facebook:  facebook.com/aircheckmeTell us what you think and your favorite episode!

"The Old Ways of Music Monetization are Gone, and We Have to Think of Other Ways of Monetization"In this episode of MFM Speaks Out, Dawoud Kringle interviews Ariel Hyatt. Ariel is a digital marketer, writer, and teacher who assists independent musicians in career development. She is the author of Music Success in 9 Weeks (2009),Cyber PR For Musicians(2013), Crowdstart(2016), and other books. Hyatt worked at New York City's WNEW-FM, and the What Are Records? record label. She moved to Boulder CO, where she managed and handled publicity for the funk band, Lord of Word. She is also the founder and owner of the New York-based public relations firm Cyber PR. Her clients included the Toasters and George Clinton.Topics discussed:Ariel's beginnings and interest in music, how she began her career in public relations, what she looks for in a potential client, how she approaches the specific marketing and promotion needs of an artist, her 2014 Bold Talks talk titled "Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow; Or Will It?," her views about social media, Spotify, the recent Joe Rogan / Neil Young controversy, the future of social media with the rise of Web 3.0, and the importance of being just as creative in business as in music.Music on this episode:"Better" by Sandhya“Sin Eater" by Annie Stokes“Anchor Me” by GleesonThe artists presented in this episode are clients of Ariel Hyatt / Cyber PR

Scott Muni (May 10, 1930 – September 28, 2004) was an American disc jockey, who worked at the heyday of the AM Top 40 format and then was a pioneer of FM progressive rock radio. Muni, in 1966, he joined WOR-FM (98.7), one of the earliest stations in the country to program free-form progressive rock music. The progressive format did not last at that station. In 1967 Muni moved to WNEW-FM (102.7), which had been running a format of pop hits and show tunes, hosted by an all-woman staff. This time, the Progressive Rock format really took hold, with WNEW-FM becoming a legendary rock station. Muni stayed there for three decades as the afternoon DJ and sometimes program director. Muni was described by fellow WNEW-FM DJ Dennis Elsas as "the heart and soul of the place". Under assorted management changes during the 1990s WNEW-FM lost its way, and in 1998 Muni ended up hosting a one-hour noontime classic rock program at WAXQ (104.3 FM), where he worked until suffering a stroke in early 2004. This is a telescoped aircheck from 1966. (The music has been redacted).

EPISODE #546 JOHN B. WELLS Richard welcomes a veteran voice-actor, broadcaster and former weekend host at Coast to Coast AM to discuss the Great Reset, the pandemic, and the recent U.S. election. Guest: John B. Wells is a veteran radio host and voice actor with credits ranging from radio stations and TV shows, to movies and advertisements, on all seven continents.  Upon graduating from TCU with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts and an emphasis in theatre, he took a part-time job at the legendary KZEW-FM/Dallas-Ft. Worth, where within less than a year, he moved into the afternoon drive slot and posted record ratings.  Soon after, Wells left to pursue a full-time career doing voiceovers. During that time, he voiced imaging promos for New York's WCBS Newsradio 88, where he spent nearly 10 years, followed by WNEW-FM; Los Angeles' KLOS-FM and KROQ-FM; Detroit's WWJ-AM; Chicago's WBBM-AM/TV; San Francisco's KRON-TV; Dallas' WFAA-TV, KRLD-AM and KZPS-FM; Houston's KLOL-FM, KHOU-TV and KPRC-AM; Miami's WBGG-FM; and the Armed Forces Radio Network.  Wells was heard for nearly a decade on BBC Radio 1 in London, along with HIT 95 in Berlin, Radio ADO in Paris, and many others around the world. In addition to serving as the announcer for CBS' The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and the "World's Leading Dance Event" Sensation in Amsterdam, Wells has lent his voice to Oliver Stone's JFK and Talk Radio films and appeared in several other movies.  He has also recently voiced promos for Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch and Gold Rush.  After frequently serving as a guest host on Coast to Coast AM, Wells became the Saturday evening host of the most-listened-to overnight radio program in North America in January 2012. Each week, Wells captivates listeners with discussions on news and current events, conspiracy theories and all things curious and unexplained. Actor, musician, writer, composer, martial artist, aviator and broadcaster, Wells finds the ancient sage advice of "concentrating on just one thing" to be true. His one thing: the Arts. John invites you to explore and enjoy his personal website: caravantomidnight.com SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! C60EVO -The Secret is out about this powerful anti-oxidant. The Purest C60 available is ESS60.  Buy Direct from the Source.  Buy Now and Save 10% – Use Coupon Code: EVRS at Checkout! Life Change and Formula 13 Teas All Organic, No Caffeine, Non GMO!  More Energy!  Order now, use the code 'unlimited' and ALL your purchases ships for free! Ancient Life Oil - High Quality CBD Oil helping you reach your ideal well-being. Strange Planet Shop - If you're a fan of the radio show and the podcast, why not show it off?  Greats T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and more.  It's a Strange Planet - Dress For It! Strange Planet's Fullscript Dispensary- an online service offering hundreds of professional supplement brands, personal care items, essential oils, pet care products and much more. Nature Grade, Science Made!  BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER FOR LESS THAN $2 PER MONTH If you're a fan of this podcast, I hope you'll consider becoming a Premium Subscriber.  For just $1.99 per month, subscribers to my Conspiracy Unlimited Plus gain access to two exclusive, commercial-free episodes per month. They also gain access to my back catalog of episodes. The most recent 30 episodes of Conspiracy Unlimited will remain available for free.  Stream all episodes and Premium content on your mobile device by getting the FREE Conspiracy Unlimited APP for both IOS and Android devices... Available at the App Store and Google Play. To become a subscriber CLICK HERE or go to www.conspiracyunlimitedpodcast.com and click on GET ACCESS TO PREMIUM EPISODES.

EPISODE #546 JOHN B. WELLS Richard welcomes a veteran voice-actor, broadcaster and former weekend host at Coast to Coast AM to discuss the Great Reset, the pandemic, and the recent U.S. election. Guest: John B. Wells is a veteran radio host and voice actor with credits ranging from radio stations and TV shows, to movies and advertisements, on all seven continents.  Upon graduating from TCU with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts and an emphasis in theatre, he took a part-time job at the legendary KZEW-FM/Dallas-Ft. Worth, where within less than a year, he moved into the afternoon drive slot and posted record ratings.  Soon after, Wells left to pursue a full-time career doing voiceovers. During that time, he voiced imaging promos for New York’s WCBS Newsradio 88, where he spent nearly 10 years, followed by WNEW-FM; Los Angeles’ KLOS-FM and KROQ-FM; Detroit’s WWJ-AM; Chicago’s WBBM-AM/TV; San Francisco’s KRON-TV; Dallas’ WFAA-TV, KRLD-AM and KZPS-FM; Houston’s KLOL-FM, KHOU-TV and KPRC-AM; Miami’s WBGG-FM; and the Armed Forces Radio Network.  Wells was heard for nearly a decade on BBC Radio 1 in London, along with HIT 95 in Berlin, Radio ADO in Paris, and many others around the world. In addition to serving as the announcer for CBS' The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and the "World's Leading Dance Event" Sensation in Amsterdam, Wells has lent his voice to Oliver Stone’s JFK and Talk Radio films and appeared in several other movies.  He has also recently voiced promos for Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch and Gold Rush.  After frequently serving as a guest host on Coast to Coast AM, Wells became the Saturday evening host of the most-listened-to overnight radio program in North America in January 2012. Each week, Wells captivates listeners with discussions on news and current events, conspiracy theories and all things curious and unexplained. Actor, musician, writer, composer, martial artist, aviator and broadcaster, Wells finds the ancient sage advice of "concentrating on just one thing" to be true. His one thing: the Arts. John invites you to explore and enjoy his personal website: caravantomidnight.com SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! C60EVO -The Secret is out about this powerful anti-oxidant. The Purest C60 available is ESS60.  Buy Direct from the Source.  Buy Now and Save 10% – Use Coupon Code: EVRS at Checkout! Life Change and Formula 13 Teas All Organic, No Caffeine, Non GMO!  More Energy!  Order now, use the code 'unlimited' and ALL your purchases ships for free! Ancient Life Oil - High Quality CBD Oil helping you reach your ideal well-being. Strange Planet Shop - If you're a fan of the radio show and the podcast, why not show it off?  Greats T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and more.  It's a Strange Planet - Dress For It! Strange Planet's Fullscript Dispensary- an online service offering hundreds of professional supplement brands, personal care items, essential oils, pet care products and much more. Nature Grade, Science Made!  BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER FOR LESS THAN $2 PER MONTH If you're a fan of this podcast, I hope you'll consider becoming a Premium Subscriber.  For just $1.99 per month, subscribers to my Conspiracy Unlimited Plus gain access to two exclusive, commercial-free episodes per month. They also gain access to my back catalog of episodes. The most recent 30 episodes of Conspiracy Unlimited will remain available for free.  Stream all episodes and Premium content on your mobile device by getting the FREE Conspiracy Unlimited APP for both IOS and Android devices... Available at the App Store and Google Play.To become a subscriber CLICK HERE or go to www.conspiracyunlimitedpodcast.com and click onGET ACCESS TO PREMIUM EPISODES.

Michael Harrison has served as the editor and publisher of TALKERS (), the leading trade publication in the American talk media industry for the past 30 years. In that capacity, he has become widely recognized as one of America’s leading authorities on radio, communications, and public opinion as it is expressed in the media as well as being director of the annual TALKERS Convention held in New York City for the past 23 years. Harrison graduated from Hofstra University in 1971. He is a charter inductee in the Hofstra Radio Hall of Fame and sits on the university’s Lawrence Herbert School of Communication Dean’s Advisory Board. Still dynamic after a 52-year career as a broadcaster, he is a pioneer and innovator in both talk and rock radio as well as being a driving force in the industry’s trade publication field. He was the founding architect and first program director of the progressive rock format that launched the legendary WLIR, Long Island to national fame in 1970, while still a student. He went on to become the ground breaking morning host at historic album rocker WNEW-FM, New York shortly after graduation and served as a professor teaching Music & Contemporary Culture at New York University. Harrison has also been an air personality or on-air program director at such stations as KMET, Los Angeles; KPRI, San Diego; WZLX, Boston; WCBS-FM and WPIX, New York; WTIC, Hartford and others. He owned and operated one of the early talkers of the modern era — WSPR, Springfield, MA. He currently finds time in his busy schedule to guest-host talk shows at WRKO, Boston and WTIC, Hartford, which he describes as “a labor of love.” He has written about, defined, predicted or engaged in hands-on programming of major movements in radio’s evolution from coining new format terms to the development of music and talk-topic chart methodology. Among his inventions is the term “AOR” (Album Oriented Rock) which he coined in the early 1970s, while programming KPRI, to describe the more commercially-accessible brand of “progressive rock” radio that remained a dominant format for more than 40 years. Today, it is called “classic rock.” He has hosted and produced national radio programs syndicated by ABC Radio Networks, Westwood One, CBS Radio, MJI Broadcasting, RKO Radio and more. These include the legendary “Album Greats: The History of Album Rock,” “The Great American Radio Show,” “Mike Harrison’s Rock Connections” and “Backstage at the Grammys” among others. Harrison served as the first managing editor of Radio & Records during its formative years and radio columnist/record chart consultant for Billboard in the early 1980s. He was one of the first media analysts to predict the rise of podcasting before the term was widely known, not to mention serving as Program Director of the first radio station to have its own website. In addition to hosting “The Michael Harrison Wrap”, he also currently hosts PodcastOne’s “The Michael Harrison Interview” an award-winning weekly podcast geared to “media freaks, pop culture aficionados, political junkies and the philosophically curious” and, ever on the leading edge, operates an experimental “hyper-local” online talk station — Pioneer Valley Radio — in Western Massachusetts.

Lisa Robinson is a Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair magazine, where for the last twenty years, she has written many major profiles (Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, Adele) and produced the magazine's legendary music issue covers, photo portfolios, and Oral Histories - among them, Motown, Laurel Canyon & Disco. Prior to joining Vanity Fair, she was the music columnist for The New York Post, a columnist for the New York Times Syndicate, a host/interviewer for various cable TV shows, a contributor to programs on music at VH1 and MSNBC, a frequent guest on a variety of TV talk shows, and was featured on the American Masters PBS documentary on Lou Reed. On radio, she hosted nationally syndicated shows, was a contributor to WNEW--FM and WPLJ in New York City, KROQ in Los Angeles, WGN in Chicago, and has been on hundreds of national radio outlets through I Heart Radio. Additionally, she was the editor of Hit Parader and Rock Scene magazines, columnist for Creem, the New York editor of the New Musical Express, and her work has appeared in Spin, Vogue, Elle, Interview, and Cosmopolitan. Lisa has traveled extensively with, reported on, and interviewed Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Rihanna, The Clash, Joni Mitchell, The Who, U2, John Lennon, Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Katy Perry, Beyonce, Kanye West, Adele, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and hundreds of other musicians. Lisa's articles have been anthologized in the books "Rock Revolution," "The Rolling Stones: The First Twenty Years," "She Said, She Said: Women Writing About Rock, Pop and Rap,” and “Two Times Intro: On the Road with Patti Smith.” Her memoir, “There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll,” was published by Riverhead Books in 2014. This fall, Henry Holt publishes her book, "Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls: Women, Music & Fame," with behind-the-scenes stories about the many female musicians she's interviewed over the past four decades.

Lisa Robinson is a Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair magazine, where for the last twenty years, she has written many major profiles (Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, Adele) and produced the magazine's legendary music issue covers, photo portfolios, and Oral Histories - among them, Motown, Laurel Canyon & Disco. Prior to joining Vanity Fair, she was the music columnist for The New York Post, a columnist for the New York Times Syndicate, a host/interviewer for various cable TV shows, a contributor to programs on music at VH1 and MSNBC, a frequent guest on a variety of TV talk shows, and was featured on the American Masters PBS documentary on Lou Reed. On radio, she hosted nationally syndicated shows, was a contributor to WNEW--FM and WPLJ in New York City, KROQ in Los Angeles, WGN in Chicago, and has been on hundreds of national radio outlets through I Heart Radio. Additionally, she was the editor of Hit Parader and Rock Scene magazines, columnist for Creem, the New York editor of the New Musical Express, and her work has appeared in Spin, Vogue, Elle, Interview, and Cosmopolitan. Lisa has traveled extensively with, reported on, and interviewed Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Rihanna, The Clash, Joni Mitchell, The Who, U2, John Lennon, Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Katy Perry, Beyonce, Kanye West, Adele, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and hundreds of other musicians. Lisa's articles have been anthologized in the books "Rock Revolution," "The Rolling Stones: The First Twenty Years," "She Said, She Said: Women Writing About Rock, Pop and Rap,” and “Two Times Intro: On the Road with Patti Smith.” Her memoir, “There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll,” was published by Riverhead Books in 2014. This fall, Henry Holt publishes her book, "Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls: Women, Music & Fame," with behind-the-scenes stories about the many female musicians she's interviewed over the past four decades.

Don McLean was born on October 2nd 1945 in New Rochelle, NY to Elizabeth and Donald McLean. By the age of five he had developed an interest in all forms of music and would spend hours listening to the radio and his father's records. Childhood asthma meant that Don missed long periods of school and while he slipped back in his studies, his love of music was allowed to flourish. He would often perform shows for family and friends.As a teenager, he purchased his first guitar (a Harmony F Hole with a sunburst finish) from the House of Music in New Rochelle and took opera lessons paid for by his sister. These lessons combined with many hours in the swimming pool, helped Don to develop breath control, which would later allow him to sing long, continuous phrases, in songs such as “Crying”, without taking a breath. The exercise also meant his asthma improved. In 1961, Don took his only vacation with his father – a trip to Washington D.C. Sadly, a few months later his father died. Don was just 15 years old. By this time, Don's musical focus was on folk thanks, in part, to The Weavers landmark 1955 recording “Live at Carnegie Hall”. Don was determined to become a professional musician and singer and, as a 16 year old, he was already making contacts in the business. After managing to get his home number from the telephone directory, Don phoned Erik Darling. They become friends and Don visited his apartment in New York. Through Erik Darling, Don recorded his first studio sessions with Lisa Kindred and was invited to join a group with Darling and the other members of the Rooftop Singers. However, even at that time, Don saw himself as a troubadour and turned down the offer. While at Villanova University in 1963 (he stayed for just four months), Don met and became friends with JimCroce and President Kennedy was assassinated. After leaving Villanova, Don worked his ‘apprenticeship' for “Harold Leventhal Management”. This started a six year period during which time Don performed at venues like the Bitter End and Gaslight Café in New York, the Newport Folk Festival, the Cellar Door in Washington, D.C., the Main Point in Philadelphia, the Troubadour and Ash Grove in Los Angeles and over forty colleges throughout New York and New England. He appeared alongside artists like Herbie Mann, Brownie McGee and Sonny Terry, Melanie, Steppenwolf, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Janis Ian, Josh White, Ten Wheel Drive and others. Don also found time to attend night school at Iona College and, in 1968, graduated with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration but turned down a prestigious scholarship to Columbia University Graduate School in favor of becoming resident singer at Caffe Lena in NY. While resident at Caffe Lena, the New York State Council for the Arts invited Don to become their Hudson River Troubadour. He accepted and spent the summer travelling from town to town in the Hudson Valley, giving talks about the environment and singing songs for whoever would turn up to listen. A year later, Don was a member of the first crew of the Sloop Clearwater. With Pete Seeger, they travelled the Atlantic seaboard giving concerts at each port and featuring in the news wherever they went. In 1969, Don recorded his first album, “Tapestry”, in Berkeley, CA. The student riots were going on outside the studio door as Don was singing “And I Love You So” inside. The album was first released by Mediarts and attracted good reviews and achieved some commercial success. The transition to international stardom began in 1971 with the release of “American Pie”. “American Pie” was recorded on 26th May 1971 and a month later received its first radio airplay on New York's WNEW-FM and WPLJ-FM to mark the closing of The Fillmore East, the famous New York concert hall. Thirty years later, “American Pie” was voted number 5 in a poll of the 365 “Songs of the Century” compiled by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The spring of 1975 saw some of the most candid and nostalgia-laden interviews ever from each of the four former Beatles since their split over five years prior. First up on April 19th was George Harrison, talking with WNEW FM about everything from his plans for Dark Horse Records, to a brand new studio album, to his struggles with the rock music press - specifically those of the recent harsh reviews by Rolling Stone magazine. As Harrison details in the interview, Dark Horse Records was George's way of fulfilling the creative promise of the now-defunct Apple Records - which he and fellow former fab Ringo Starr had initially envisioned re-branding without the input of the reluctant Lennon and McCartney - as the emerging artist haven it was always intended to be. In lieu of a "re-envisioned" Apple Records, Ringo's new label Ring O'Records was itself still in the launch stage, similarly hoping to rekindle some of the magic that Apple had lost since the split of the band and their break with Allen Klein. John Lennon, meanwhile, continued his series of TV and radio appearances that year with an in-depth interview on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow Show, where the former Beatle spoke at length about his past, current status, and plans for the future. Similar in tone to George's WNEW talk, Lennon seemed eager to discuss the early influences of his life as a Beatle - yielding some of the most vivid recollections of those pre-fame Liverpool days ever captured on camera. Paul McCartney was making the press rounds as well, but the past was not the topic du jour for the high-flying Wings frontman. No, Macca was preparing a massive world tour and stood on the eve of the release of a brand new album, destined to be "Wings Greatest"... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you're in the music business—or you've listened to the radio in the Hudson Valley or New York City in the past thirty years—you probably know the name Jimmy Buff. But you may not know that in addition to being a longtime DJ, producer, and program director, “Buff” is also an accomplished ultrarunner and triathlete. He and I sat down for a fascinating look back at his career in radio and sport. We talked about how he got his start at the legendary WNEW-FM in NYC, counter-programming Howard Stern, the importances and challenges of independent commercial and community radio, politics, the connection between addiction and endurance sports, and much more.Links:Radio KingstonDesert Island Picks: A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin; Blood on the Tracks by Bob DylanIntro music: "Fine Line" by the BloodlettersOutro music: "When I Was Still Young" by Yard Sale

Don McLean Hope For America In 1969, Don recorded his first album, “Tapestry”, in Berkeley, CA. The student riots were going on outside the studio door as Don was singing “And I Love You So” inside. The album was first released by Mediarts and attracted good reviews and achieved some commercial success. The transition to international stardom began in 1971 with the release of “American Pie”. “American Pie” was recorded on 26th May 1971 and a month later received its first radio airplay on New York's WNEW-FM and WPLJ-FM to mark the closing of The Fillmore East, the famous New York concert hall. Thirty years later, “American Pie” was voted number 5 in a poll of the 365 “Songs of the Century” compiled by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. The top five were: “Over the Rainbow” by Judy Garland “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby “This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie “Respect” by Aretha Franklin “American Pie” by Don McLean.

In radio news, Entercom employees are laid off Wnew FM is hit with a $20,000 fine, and we have news on the street plus Genefers call letter and format changes. Bill features an interview of Fast Eddie from the Dave Elliot morning show heard on WGUF FM from Naples Fl. This weeks classic aircheck is Rus Knight on KLIF AM from Aug. 29th 1961. This weeks featured station is WMVY FM from Martha's Vineyard Ma with their alternative music format.

In this episode, Mike and RDM go back 33 years to where rock once lived in New York City and dig into an end of the year list presented by 102.7 WNEW-FM to see why the may queen is doing her spring cleaning. The list: https://www.nyradioarchive.com/images/radioscans/WNEWFM_1987_Top1027.pdf Follow us: https://twitter.com/RadioFreeJersey https://twitter.com/rdmathers https://twitter.com/Liverpooljpgr See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With a recording career that has continued to grow since the 1970s, Jim's songs have been recorded by artists as diverse as Mary Travers and Elmo (from Sesame Street) Jim joined the Navy in 1963. In 1968, he moved to New York City and started playing the coffeehouse circuit. He joined a band called The Good Earth. When Kama Sutra/Buddha records released "Songman" in 1971, The songs from "Songman" received steady airplay on WNEW-FM. "Simple Song" became an anthem for many listeners looking for some healing and gentleness. Jim’s second album "You'll Never Be Lonely with Me" followed the same year and produced some of Jim's most memorable songs. Soon after, Terry Cashman and Tommy West were brought in to produce Jim’s third album. Cashman and West had recently been very successful producing Jim Croce’s hit records. Jim got a new record deal with RCA and they were off and running. The resulting album, simply titled "Jim Dawson", is one of the classic albums in pop music history. Great songs, great singing, great production. The songs from this album still bring cheers at Jim's shows and you can always see lot's of fans singing along. During this time, Jim's popularity continued to grow and he sold out shows at the Bitter End, My Father’s Place and the Schaefer Music Festival in the NYC area. "Elephants in the Rain" was Jim’s fourth album (second on RCA) and was again produced by Cashman and West. A worthy follow up to the "Jim Dawson" album, "Elephants" introduced great new JD songs like "Rainy Sunday" that fans still request today. Today, Jim is performing regularly in the NYC area. A production of LIU Public Radio. Visit us at WCWP.org

With a recording career that has continued to grow since the 1970s, Jim's songs have been recorded by artists as diverse as Mary Travers and Elmo (from Sesame Street)Jim joined the Navy in 1963. In 1968, he moved to New York City and started playing the coffeehouse circuit. He joined a band called The Good Earth.When Kama Sutra/Buddha records released "Songman" in 1971, The songs from "Songman" received steady airplay on WNEW-FM. "Simple Song" became an anthem for many listeners looking for some healing and gentleness.Jim’s second album "You'll Never Be Lonely with Me" followed the same year and produced some of Jim's most memorable songs. Soon after, Terry Cashman and Tommy West were brought in to produce Jim’s third album. Cashman and West had recently been very successful producing Jim Croce’s hit records. Jim got a new record deal with RCA and they were off and running.The resulting album, simply titled "Jim Dawson", is one of the classic albums in pop music history. Great songs, great singing, great production. The songs from this album still bring cheers at Jim's shows and you can always see lot's of fans singing along.During this time, Jim's popularity continued to grow and he sold out shows at the Bitter End, My Father’s Place and the Schaefer Music Festival in the NYC area."Elephants in the Rain" was Jim’s fourth album (second on RCA) and was again produced by Cashman and West. A worthy follow up to the "Jim Dawson" album, "Elephants" introduced great new JD songs like "Rainy Sunday" that fans still request today.Today, Jim is performing regularly in the NYC area.A production of LIU Public Radio. Visit us at WCWP.org

With a recording career that has continued to grow since the 1970s, Jim's songs have been recorded by artists as diverse as Mary Travers and Elmo (from Sesame Street) Jim joined the Navy in 1963. In 1968, he moved to New York City and started playing the coffeehouse circuit. He joined a band called The Good Earth. When Kama Sutra/Buddha records released "Songman" in 1971, The songs from "Songman" received steady airplay on WNEW-FM. "Simple Song" became an anthem for many listeners looking for some healing and gentleness. Jim’s second album "You'll Never Be Lonely with Me" followed the same year and produced some of Jim's most memorable songs. Soon after, Terry Cashman and Tommy West were brought in to produce Jim’s third album. Cashman and West had recently been very successful producing Jim Croce’s hit records. Jim got a new record deal with RCA and they were off and running. The resulting album, simply titled "Jim Dawson", is one of the classic albums in pop music history. Great songs, great singing, great production. The songs from this album still bring cheers at Jim's shows and you can always see lot's of fans singing along. During this time, Jim's popularity continued to grow and he sold out shows at the Bitter End, My Father’s Place and the Schaefer Music Festival in the NYC area. "Elephants in the Rain" was Jim’s fourth album (second on RCA) and was again produced by Cashman and West. A worthy follow up to the "Jim Dawson" album, "Elephants" introduced great new JD songs like "Rainy Sunday" that fans still request today. Today, Jim is performing regularly in the NYC area.

Episode #18 – Jo Jo Russell On this episode, George and I sit down with a songwriter who has an energy and spirit that is both unique and infectious – Jo Jo Russell!  It is rare to meet a musician who has supported themselves for their entire life by playing music but that is exactly what Jo Jo has and is still doing. I think it is safe to say that when Jo Jo takes the stage, people really listen – no one leaves the room or checks out their phone!  For someone who seems so perfectly suited to be on stage you will probably be surprised to hear him say that he was terrified to play his songs in his early SSG days! Starting in the Bronx, Jo Jo's family soon went on summer vacation to a country cabin in the Greenwood Lake area and at the end of the season his mother announced that they were not going back to the city but would settle right where they were even though it meant his family were the only winter residents of the community.  This was an early indicator that when Mom wanted to do something, nothing would stand in her way!  She helped his older brother learn standards on guitar and then placed an ad for musicians, auditioned a number of potential players and chose the bandmates that would play with her son – Jo Jo, as the younger brother, assisted the band's drummer.  Soon thereafter Jo Jo took over the drum kit and the family had a band.  They began as an instrumental, standards group but everything changed when the Beatle's arrived.  The greatest fun he remembers was when they were called “The Laughing Stock” where anything went and the audience was invited to join in.  Jo Jo said they would do things like have laundry draped around the stage!!  Boy I wish I had seen one of those shows! Before ending this summary I need to mention that in 1980, WNEW FM had a contest where bands would send in a tape of one of their songs and Scott Muni fell in love with one of Jo Jo's “Prisoner of Rock & Roll”.  It received quite a bit of airplay for a solid month and while friends raved about it Jo Jo never did hear it on the radio. One final tidbit:  While Jo Jo was a constant songwriter, he would write the song, record it in his own home studio and that would be the end of things.  When he found SSG he had to pull out these songs and learn them all over again.  As you might imagine there was more than a little stress in taking the stage to play his songs in public for the very first time!  We are all very happy that Jo Jo pushed through to share his songs because few performers are more entertaining! There is so much more but I will leave those stories for the podcast. Hope you enjoy this episode. George & Bernie

Judy Isaacson Schaffer is the Founder and President of Heroes to Heroes, an organization dedicated to helping American veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder come back to life again. She founded Heroes to Heroes in 2010 and has built it into an organization that is respected internationally for the successful work it does. Judy also served as the Regional Manager/Northeast for Regional Reps Corp, a radio advertising rep firm that represents privately owned radio stations throughout the U.S. She spent two years in the financial services industry, working as a rainmaker with Morgan Stanley, where her responsibility was to develop new business for a to financial team. Before working in financial services, Judy spent over twenty years in media and advertising. She began her career as a media negotiator at a variety of advertising/barter agencies and then moved on to radio where she sold advertising on XM Satellite Radio and represented the African-American Community as a sales manager of WNEW-FM, she introduced the on-air teams of Opie & Anthony and The Radio Chick, to the New York City metro area. Judy received her bachelor's degree in social work at Kent State University and attended Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is currently pursuing a Master's of Science in Nonprofit Leadership and Management at Fordham University. In this episode, Judy discusses the groundbreaking work of Heroes to Heroes. Plus, she shares her one way ticket destination to May 14, 1948 when David Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of The State of Israel. Judy is just one of the extraordinary guests featured on The One Way Ticket Show, where Host Steven Shalowitz explores with his guests where they'd go if given a one way ticket, no coming back! Destinations may be in the past, present, future, real, imaginary or a state of mind. Steven's guests have included: Nobel Peace Prize Winner, President Jose Ramos-Horta; Legendary Talk Show Host, Dick Cavett; Law Professor, Alan Dershowitz; Broadcast Legend, Charles Osgood; International Rescue Committee President & CEO, David Miliband; Grammar Girl, Mignon Fogarty; Journalist-Humorist-Actor Mo Rocca; ; Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.; Abercrombie & Kent Founder, Geoffrey Kent; Travel Expert, Pauline Frommer, as well as leading photographers, artists, chefs, writers, intellectuals and more. 

Brandwidth MEANS the fusion of solid BRANDING with sharp, smart use of the various BANDwidth options available, and this guest if PERFECT to navigate today’s mediascape. When Beasley Media Group acquired Greater Media, they acquired some great stations, along with one of the brightest minds in media as their Vice President of Programming Buzz Knight. In addition to an impressive series of programming posts, including WZLX-FM, Boston; Saga Communications WNOR-FM, Norfolk, and WLVQ-FM, Columbus, Buzz was also a member of the on-air talent team at WNEW-FM in New York City.  In addition to his group VPP position at Beasley, Buzz also serves on a number of industry audience measurement advisory boards. Discover: The “R” word that can make or break your career. Buzz’s recipe for an outstanding radio operation. Secrets on how to make YOUR radio brand(s) stand out from all the media ‘noise’. Some pointers ─ which surprise you ─ on creating the strongest radio brand(s) possible (for your radio station or YOUR career!). Navigating the career maze: hear what is considered ‘the full package’ when Buzz considers applicants, both for on-air and management positions.  Complete show notes: www.brandwidthondemand.com

An interview that Vin did with the legendary singer, songwriter and activist Odetta, originally broadcast on "Idiots' Delight" on WNEW-FM in 2000

Michael Harrison and Richard Neer look back at 1971 and 1972 - their first two years at WNEW-FM in New York. This is part 3 of their ongoing dialogue about the early days of album rock radio. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Longtime NY radio personality Pete Fornatale remembers how he covered Woodstock for WNEW-FM, including the festival ad he read on the air. Interesting to now hear how people bought tickets in those simpler times.

See the Airspeed blog and show notes at www.airspeedonline.blogspot.com. Sometimes, it's good to stir things up a little. This episode has nothing to do with aviation, aerospace, jet fuel, or tearing up the sky. If you're in the mood for an aviation-related episode and don't want to listen to anything else, please skip this episode and pick us back up in January. If you're tuning in ffor the first time, my apologies. This really is an aviation and aerospace show and you can check out prior episodes for your aviation fix until the first new episode of 2007 comes out. But we're going to change things up this time. Airspeed is about to pay an homage that the podsphere owes to a very special medium and a very special time. Airspeed is finishing out a great first year. A year in which we've met lots of new people, flown in a lot in different aircraft, and realized the dream of the podsphere - Ordinary people making the closest thing they can to art and reaching out to touch other ordinary people. If you're older - over 40 or so - and you lived close enough to a metropolitan area - and you had an FM radio receiver in the mid to late 1960s - and if you were very lucky - you had a front-row seat for one of the most magical times in all of media before or since. When FM radio reached its critical mass and a backwater of the electromagnetic spectrum leaped up and captured imaginations and expanded horizons. By the 1960's AM radio was a homogenious morass of largely mediocre programming. Relatively few people had FM receivers and FM radio stations were relatively few and far between, so you pretty much listened to what was on AM or you didn't listen at all. Then, in the mid to late 1960s, guys like Jonathan Schwartz on WNEW FM in New York City started playing eclectic but carefully-chosen music and put out programming of a kind that you just can't get on the radio any more. It wasn't long before the iron heels of the program directors homogenized the airwaves and turned FM into the stereo version of AM that continues through to today. But, for a short time, there was a renaissance on the airwaves. Podcasting brings back a little bit of what it was like during those pioneering years. It's as though your radio dial has grown by thousands of stations and, if you look, you can find places in the podsphere that are as eclectic, entertaining, and inspiring as the airwaves were in the late 1960s. All of which is by way of introduction of what you're about to hear. This, by very special permission, is The Ballad of the Sandman by Mike Agranoff. Mike is a folk musician from New Jersey who plays a mean fingerstyle guitar, concertina, banjo, and ragtime piano and sings. I have seen him live at a library, in a church basement, and in a community center and he is the consummate journeyman purveyor of melodies, spoken word, and traditions new and old. I heard this piece for the first time in 1998 or so on public radio in Detroit. Mike has been kind enough to perform this at every show that I have attended. He does it entirely from memory and with a conviction that puts you in the darkened studio of the narrator. The airing of this piece around the end of the year has become a tradition on WION in Ionia, Michigan, where this podcast also airs as a radio show. And it's always a part of my listening around the same time. I hope that you will adopt it as your own as well. So, without further ado, let's let the podsphere pay tribute to the magic of the radio - Magic that once was and magic that can be again. Here's Mike Agranoff with The Ballad of the Sandman. [Audio] The Ballad of the Sandman, (c) by Mike Agranoff. Used by permission. Thanks, Mike! Mike's website: www.mikeagranoff.com Mike's e-mail address: mike@mikeagranoff.com Text of The Ballad of the Sandman: http://www.mikeagranoff.com/lyrics/Sandman.htm